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SB259

Optional Limits on Property Tax Assessment Increases

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In one sentence

This bill allows Alaska municipalities to choose whether to limit how much a home's tax value can rise each year.

What it does

  • Allows municipalities to pass an ordinance that limits yearly increases in property assessed values by between three percent and ten percent per year.
  • Requires assessors to update home values immediately when ownership changes or improvements are made, setting the value based on open market price.
  • Mandates that all properties be revalued at full market price every 10 years regardless of yearly limits.
  • States that under this rule, the limited assessed value counts as the true value for tax purposes.

Who it affects

  • Alaska municipalities considering property tax rules
  • Property owners who live in their homes year-round
  • Local assessors responsible for valuing real estate

Limits and unknowns

  • Cities are not required to adopt this limit; it is optional for each municipality.
  • The text only applies to homes used as a permanent place of abode, excluding other property types.

Plain language

Terms to know

Assessed value
The dollar amount assigned to a property that is used to calculate taxes.
Ordinance
A local law passed by a city or town government.

Official record

Sources

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Read the official summary

PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT INCREASES An Act relating to an optional municipal limit to increases of the full and true value of property owned and occupied as a permanent place of abode by a resident.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. (S) Heard & HeldText
  2. (S) FINANCE at 09:00 AM SENATE FINANCE 532Text
  3. (S) REFERRED TO FINANCE2387
  4. (S) FIN REFERRAL ADDED AFTER L&C2387
  5. (S) FN2: INDETERMINATE(CED)2387
  6. (S) AM: DUNBAR, YUNDT2387
  7. (S) NR: MERRICK, GRAY-JACKSON2387
  8. (S) DP: BJORKMAN2387
  9. (S) L&C RPT CS 1DP 2NR 2AM NEW TITLE2387
  10. (S) Moved CSSB 259(L&C) Out of CommitteeText
  11. (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)Text
  12. (S) Heard & HeldText
  13. (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)Text
  14. (S) Heard & Held -- Please Note Time Change --Text
  15. (S) LABOR & COMMERCE at 01:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)Text
  16. (S) FN1: ZERO(CED)2218
  17. (S) DP: DUNBAR2218
  18. (S) NR: MERRICK, GRAY-JACKSON, YUNDT2218
  19. (S) CRA RPT CS 3NR 1DP NEW TITLE2218
  20. (S) L&C WAIVED PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE,RULE 232199